Laoban Speaker Workshop + Overlap Salon Melbourne
I’m flying to Melbourne tonite and wanted to give the heads up on the two major events I’m doing in Melbourne.
First is the Laoban Speaker Workshop, part of Vision Forum Melbourne, that Per Huttner and Daniel Balit have put together:
Laoban Speaker Workshop is a small hands-on session dedicated to making custom Xiaoban speakers from local materials in Melbourne, combined with Laoban speaker drivers. The emphasis in this event is not just on technology, but on the use of these speakers through “realtime” performance, pre-programmed audio pieces by Yan Jun (China), and throughout The Invisible Generation event for Vision Forum.
The Laoban Speaker Workshop is at VCA, Art Auditorium in the School of Art from noon until 6 PM on Saturday, September 12 and possibly Sunday, September 13, depending upon turnout, progress, and what the participants create.
We will be creating custom open speakers using available materials from Creative Commons licensed plans and instructions.
Overlap Salon Melbourne on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The next event is the Overlap Salon Melbourne with the most excellent Simon Hampson who does the most amazing Symbiosis podcast weekly on Overlap.org.
From the Overlap blog:
Following on the heals of last week’s successful Overlap Salon in Berkeley, come and be a part of the inception of Overlap events in Australia with the first Overlap Salon Melbourne!
Loop, 6-8.30pm
23 Meyers Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000, (03) 9654 0500Overlap.org is an online platform for experimental media releases and events. Overlap releases experimental music and videos, produces unique events, and provides a free blog to share your media with others.
Make your way down to Loop to hear Overlap’s, Simon Hampson and Jon Phillips, speak about the Overlap vision of artistic publishing online, linking online and offline communities, and Jon’s Laoban Speaker Workshop, part of the Vision Forum Melbourne set of art shows and interventions.
This is the launch pad for Melbourne’s very own Overlap Salon Melbourne, focusing on MAX/MSP users, with a very special MAX patch presentation by Josh Batty. You can read a recap about the last Overlap Salon in San Francisco.
Come down for drinks from 6pm. The presentation/workshop will run from 6.30-8.30pm.
If you are in Melbourne or nearby, please come out to these events! Also, please stay tuned about other Vision Forum Melbourne related activities for the next couple of weeks. After Melbourne, Laoban Soundsystem will also be participating in Vision Forum Shenzhen and Vision Forum Beijing, so be on the lookout!
